Button loop fastener



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BUTTON-LOOP FASTENER' Filed Sept. 21, 1955 INVENTOR Oren B. MaximATTORNEY United States Patent BUTTON LOOP FASTENER Oren B. Maxim,Waterbury, Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury,Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application September 21, 1955,Serial No. 535,635

1 Claim. (Cl. 24-2021) This invention relates to a button loop fastenerfor holding the fly flap of an overshoe or snowboot in folded position.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an with their endsabutted diametrically opposite the notch I 21. Thescalloped lugs 18 arethen formed inwardly and annular eyelet clip for securely anchoringtogether the ends of a flexible cord to form a loop.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button loop fastenerwherein one end of the loop fastener is permanently secured to the flyflap of a boot in such a manner that it can swivel relative to its pointof anchorage, while the opposite end of the loop can be stretched andremovably secured to a button attached to the body of the boot.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the followingdescription when taken into consideration with the accompanying drawing,wherein,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a boot or overshoe having the buttonloop fastener embodying my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the button loop fastener and afragmentary portion of the boot, the view taken along the line 22 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the fastener loop, per se.

Fig. 4 is a back view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the eyelet clip and ir ttached cord,the view taken along the line 55 of Fig. 6 is a plan view of the eyeletclip before being attached to the cord as seen from the back side, and

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of the same.

Referring now to the drawing in which like numerals designate like partsthroughout the several views, the

numeral 10 refers to a boot or overshoe which is made from a singlepiece of material and wherein the opening into the boot 10 is reduced insize by a double folded fly flap 11 that is held against the front faceof the boot by my button loop fastener 12.

The button loop fastener comprises an annular eyelet clip 13 and alooped flexible cord 14 preferably made of elastic material and coveredwith a stretchable cloth sheathing. Specifically the eyelet clip 13consists of a central barrel or neck 15, an arcuate or crowned base 16and a circumferential wall 17 terminating in a series of scalloped lugs18, which initially extend beyond the neck 15. The base 16 of the clip13 is provided with a series of upwardly formed prick punches orindentations 19 that terminate in more or less roughened irregular edges19a, said prick punches or indentations being of a size to penetratedeeply into the flexible cord.

The flexible cord 14 is shaped into an eye loop 20 with the double cordpassing through a lateral notch 21 in the walls of the clip 13 andwherein the end sections of said cord extend in opposite directionsaround the neck and are positioned in the hollow of the crowned base 16downwardly into embracing contact with the cord end sections and at thesame time jamming such sections downwardly against the roughened ends ofthe prick punches 19 to such an extent that the roughened irregularedges will penetrate the cloth sheathing and imbed into the enclosedelastic material and thereby assuring a firm and non-removable anchorageof the flexible cord 14 to the eyelet clip 13. When finished the,scalloped lugs extend close to the eyelet neck 15 so that the ends ofthe cords are substantially enclosed and neatly concealed.

The button loop fastener 12 is secured to the outer layer of a fly flap11 by a tack button 22 having the usual hub 23 that is passed throughthe eyelet clip 13 and secured to said fly flap as by tack 24 in theusual manner. The relative dimensions of the eyelet clip neck 15 and thebutton hub 23 are such that the button loop fastener can easily swivelabout said button hub.

Another tack button 25 is secured to the outer side wall as by a tack 26similar to the first button 22. The eye loop 20 of the elastic cord 14is adapted to be stretched and snapped over the button 25 to hold thefly flap 11 in a singly folded position against the leg of the user.

It will be noted that the cord ends are anchored within the swivelingeyelet itself as distinguished, for example from a laterally extendingclamping element. This avoids any metal connection which would be likelyto be bent in use, as the loop extends directly from the eyelet itself.Another obvious advantage is the smoothness and neatness of appearance.

The fact that the eyelet clip is swivelly mounted upon the button 22allows the button loop fastener 12 to normally hang in a pendentposition as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 1 when the fly flap of theboot is left open rather than to have the loop fastener stick outlaterally from the fly flap in an unsightly manner. Also there is someamount of action of the fly flap 11 relative to the side of the bootwhere the button 25 is attached when the boot is being worn, and thisswivel action of the loop fastener will prevent any relative flexingaction of the cord 14 at its point of attachment to the clip, which wasone of the faults of prior constructions in that the cord would be wornor chewed up at its point of connection with the anchor clip.

It is obvious that I have devised a unique eyelet clip and flexiblebutton loop and means of attachment that can be applied. cheaply andconveniently to a boot, and it is to be noted that the details ofconstruction as shown and described are merely exemplary and not to beconstrued as limiting the invention to the specific form hereindisclosed.

I claim: A button loop comprising a circular eyelet completely devoid ofany lateral extensions and having a central neck around the centralneck, said scalloped lugs being crimped inwardly and downwardly to aposition where they lie 3 substantially in a plane common with theterminal end of said neck and in which position said lugs cause theroughened edges of said indentations in said crown base to penetratethrough said sheathing with the roughened irregular edges embedded intosaid elastic material. 5

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSBennett June 28, 1892 4, Hammond Mar. 27, 1900 Stringham May 30, 1905Reh July 10, 1934- Churchill Dec. 14, 1948 Gookin May 29, 1956 FOREIGNPATENTS Great Britain June 28, 1911 Germany Nov. 24, 1919 Germany Sept.9, 1939

